McCunk Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hi guys and gals, I don;t own a Starlet (yet). However I am looking to buy a Glanza within the next month or so. My first question is that I have seen the link to the Japanese auction site. I was just wondering how safe and secure it is to buy a car from there? The prices seem pretty resonable and apart from the import costs is there anything else I would need to do? Thanks in advance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza_cl Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hiya mate welcome to the club, importing is not quite as simple as it seems, i would advise really doing some research into it first.remember the price of the yen again the pound isn't greatthere are quite a lot of costs involved in importing:there's the car it's self plus any action fee's, shipping charges plus insurance, you have to pay when it reaches the dock, registration charges, mot etcthe lists goes on and on, if you really feel confident about doing it go for it, but if it were easy we all would have imported our cars.there are a few on here that imported a car them selves and they will be able to give you more info... i would just advise doing lots of research first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McCunk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hiya mate welcome to the club, importing is not quite as simple as it seems, i would advise really doing some research into it first.remember the price of the yen again the pound isn't greatthere are quite a lot of costs involved in importing:there's the car it's self plus any action fee's, shipping charges plus insurance, you have to pay when it reaches the dock, registration charges, mot etcthe lists goes on and on, if you really feel confident about doing it go for it, but if it were easy we all would have imported our cars.there are a few on here that imported a car them selves and they will be able to give you more info... i would just advise doing lots of research first. Hey mate, thanks for the reply. Yeh I see what you mean about importing, there just seem t be very few Glanza's about within the price bracket I have. I have around £3.5k to spend on one, would like some mods but as few miles on the clock as possible Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza_cl Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I dont think in this current exchange rate that you will be able to get a good condition one over for that amount.if you were willing to give it some tlc i'm sure you could get one though.there are loads already here for cheap, have a look at the links:http://pistonheads.com/sales/836489.htmhttp://pistonheads.com/sales/846950.htmhttp://pistonheads.com/sales/969026.htmhttp://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index....showtopic=18987there just a few if you have a good look around i'm sure will be able to find a good'n i got mine for £3330 standard last year with only 40k miles on it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McCunk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 I dont think in this current exchange rate that you will be able to get a good condition one over for that amount.if you were willing to give it some tlc i'm sure you could get one though.there are loads already here for cheap, have a look at the links:http://pistonheads.com/sales/836489.htmhttp://pistonheads.com/sales/846950.htmhttp://pistonheads.com/sales/969026.htmhttp://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index....showtopic=18987there just a few if you have a good look around i'm sure will be able to find a good'n i got mine for £3330 standard last year with only 40k miles on itThat last link on Pistonheads I hadn't seen. I was looking at the other two actually, the second one down would you say thats ice blue or silver? Thats an insanely good price you got there mate, your car looks quality! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza_cl Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 cheers mate the cars are out there you just gotta look really hard, i looked around for ages! lolthe silver and ice blue colour are the same there are no to different variations just in different light the colour might seem different.the last link is to here in the sales section, perhaps have a good old nose through the cars for sale on here and toyotagtturbo.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bucketep91 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 i agree mate i think you shauld have a look around first dont just jump to the first half deent 1 you see and there are plenty of glanzas over here for good money at the moment im sure u will find a good 1. i jumped at 1 and it turns out mines has had a wee bump while in japan, its been repaired well but some idiot has put the sideskirt back on by screwing into the sill and now i have rust! the car was immaulate when i picked it up and i was happy with it but after a year the sill is rusted (getting fixed soon). have a good look around on here there is plenty of interesting info and tipson buying 1. good luck mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glanza_cl Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 realy nice car here:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRESH-IMPORT-MODIFIE...%3A1|240%3A1318i'm sure he would take £3500 cash got some real nice rear parts on it, if i were looking for a v this would be a top contender in my books Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McCunk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 realy nice car here:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRESH-IMPORT-MODIFIE...%3A1|240%3A1318i'm sure he would take £3500 cash got some real nice rear parts on it, if i were looking for a v this would be a top contender in my booksThat looks like an absolute minter there! Would love that. If only it was the end of the month lol. Thanks for all the help guys, I'll keep looking around on here and toyotagtturbo (I'm a member there too). I'm crap when it comes to haggling for cars, dunno what the best methods are to get the price down. Probably not to be too enthusiastic for a start lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
minxy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hey, I have same advice as others. I did a lot of reasearch into importing here's a rough example of cost. This is based on importing a car thats costs 500,000yen or £2500. This is only a rough guide that i worked out it just gives you an example.£2500 - Car Price£700 - Shipping£320 - Import Duty£616 - VAT of above 3£200 - Shipping Agent£50 - Customs£38 - Registration£300 - SVA preparation - i doubt you would need this much but better to be safe!£180 - SVA Test£30 - UK Plates - again prob less£40 - MOT£120 - Years Tax_________________£5094 So basically the import costs are as much as the car. Hope that helps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McCunk Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Hey, I have same advice as others. I did a lot of reasearch into importing here's a rough example of cost. This is based on importing a car thats costs 500,000yen or £2500. This is only a rough guide that i worked out it just gives you an example.£2500 - Car Price£700 - Shipping£320 - Import Duty£616 - VAT of above 3£200 - Shipping Agent£50 - Customs£38 - Registration£300 - SVA preparation - i doubt you would need this much but better to be safe!£180 - SVA Test£30 - UK Plates - again prob less£40 - MOT£120 - Years Tax_________________£5094 So basically the import costs are as much as the car. Hope that helps! thanks for that mate. Thats set my mind at ease lol. I'll start looking around the UK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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